A seventh member of the Pakistan team in New Zealand has been placed in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19. Six members of the 53-member squad tested positive on Tuesday when the team arrived in New Zealand from Pakistan and began a compulsory 14-day stay in isolation. The seventh member tested positive on Friday when players and officials were again tested on the third day of their isolation period. Under New Zealand rules, those in managed isolation are tested on the third and 12th days of the isolation period. The new infection was reported on Saturday by New Zealand’s ministry of health. “One additional member of the Pakistan cricket squad has today tested positive during routine testing,” the ministry of health said in a statement. “The remainder of the results from the squad’s day 3 swab testing — apart from the six who have already returned a positive result — are negative.” People who test positive while in isolation can be held beyond the usual 14-day period. The Pakistan team has already received a final warning from the health ministry after players breached protocols on their first day in isolation. The ministry said security footage from the team’s Christchurch hotel showed squad members mingling in corridors and sharing food. An exemption which would have allowed team members to train in small groups after their third day in isolation has been revoked. But it can be reviewed later if no further breaches occur. Players and team management are required to stay in their rooms for the first three days of isolation. New Zealand’s director general of health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, said he took a “dim view” of the team’s failure to obey the regulations which had been spelled out to team members on their arrival. “Rather than being in their own rooms which is a requirement for that first three days, until that first test comes back, there was some mingling in the hallways, chatting, sharing food and not wearing masks,” Bloomfield said. A wider outbreak among squad members could become a serious issue and put the tour in jeopardy. Pakistan are due to play New Zealand in three Twenty20 internationals and two Test matches. The first T20 is set to take place on December 18 and the Tests are the main features of New Zealand’s domestic summer.